Sentences with phrase «normal blood vessel function»

Cooke said recent lab research suggests that proton pump inhibitors can interfere with normal blood vessel function — a potential mechanism by which the drugs could affect heart attack risk.

But normal blood vessel function depends on the body's ability to naturally produce a compound called nitric oxide (NO).

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Tienush Rassaf, MD (University Hospital Essen, Germany) and his colleagues tested the potential of cocoa flavanols, a subgroup of plant - derived polyphenols that are present in cocoa and have been shown to have beneficial effects on blood vessel function in individuals with normal kidney function.

As a person ages, these plaques, along with leaky blood vessels, tend to interrupt normal rod and cone functioning.

genes, the team has shown that B. theta helps guide the normal development and functioning of the intestines — including the growth of blood vessels, the proper turnover of epithelial cells, and the marshaling of components of the immune system needed to keep less well behaved bacteria at bay.

«The effect of the precursors that boost NAD is to counteract the decline that occurs with normal aging, to reactivate SIRT1, and to restore function in endothelial cells to give rise to more blood vessels.»

«ECPR and a factor in the blood called protein C act as a «brake» on blood coagulation and endothelial cell inflammation and also enhance the viability and integrity of blood vessels, but when the malaria parasites use PfEMP1 to bind EPCR, they may interfere with the normal function of EPCR, and thus the binding can be the catalyst for the violent reaction,» he explains.

The study showed that beet juice with high amounts of nitrate made the blood vessels relax and return to normal function, while beet juice with no nitrate (the placebo) did not have any effect.

Other common uses include support for normal blood sugar levels as well as for maintaining healthy heart and blood vessel functions.

Vitamin C is needed for normal immune system function, blood clotting and strong connective tissue and blood vessel walls.

For nearly 2800 years the Chinese have used extracts from the ginkgo biloba tree to treat a variety of conditions to maintain the healthy normal function of the brain, cardiovascular, blood and blood vessels, circulatory, and metabolic processes.

If you look at the Mediterranean diet, or any real - food LCHF diet with Mediterranean elements like greens, nuts and olive oil, it both supplies antioxidants that protect blood vessel function and tends to lower insulin to normal levels.

Noted and most consistent health effects have been found for cardiovascular health, normal blood flow, lower risks of morbidity due to stroke and heart attack, reduction in blood pressure, improved inner blood vessel lining functioning, and others.

Hemangiosarcoma is insidious, as it attempts to build it's own blood vessel network, making blood blister like formations which disrupts normal organ function.